Transport section, Position display, Range display – MACKIE Digital 8Bus D8B v5.1 User Manual

Page 45: Set time button, Smpte view button, Number buttons 0–9, Enter button, Locator button, Loop button, D8b manual • chapter 2 • page 39

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D8B Manual • Chapter 2 • page 39

Transport Section

This section provides control for external recorder
transports, time display, snapshots, locates, and loops.

POSITION display

• Shows the numeric representation of SMPTE

or MIDI Time Code (Hours: Minutes: Sec-
onds: Frames) or a musically referenced
display (Bars: Beats: Ticks).

• When the console is receiving time code, this

display continually updates according to the
time code position.

• Displays entered values for Locate storage.

RANGE display

• Shows the snapshot number in Snapshot

mode.

• Shows the most recently entered MMC locate

point when in Locator mode.

• When looping it shows the beginning (FROM)

and ending (TO) locate points for the loop.

SET TIME button

• Press this button to enter a new time in the

Position Display (in Hours: Minutes: Seconds:
Frames or Bars: Beats: Ticks)

• The number buttons are used to enter the time.

• Press ENTER to complete the action. This

sends an MMC locate command.

SMPTE VIEW button

This button toggles between SMPTE/MTC time

and BBT (Bars/Beats/Ticks) in the Position display.

Number Buttons 0–9

• Used to numerically enter Snapshot, Locate,

and Loop points in the Range display, and
time values in the Position display.

• When numeric buttons are used to enter data,

you must press ENTER to complete the action.

• Pressing the number keys while holding CON-

TROL scrolls through the on-screen interface
windows.

ENTER button

• Initiates numeric changes that have been

typed into the snapshot, locate, position, or
range display from the console number but-
tons (or standard IBM-style keyboard
connected to the console).

• Pressing CONTROL and ENTER increases the

SNAPSHOT or LOCATOR selection (control
surface only).

• Pressing ALT and ENTER decreases the

SNAPSHOT or LOCATOR selection (control
surface only).

LOCATOR button

• Allows the number buttons to be used for en-

tering specific location numbers.

•

Each location number (00 – 99)

may represent a specific time during
an MTC-referenced playback or re-
cording, if previously stored.

•

When in this mode, the left two

digits in the Range display indicate
the locate point number.

•

Locate points can be captured

while tape is moving. Simply hit
STORE, the Locate number, and then
ENTER at the instant you wish to
store a location.

LOOP button

•

Used to set the start and end Locate

points in a Loop.

•

To loop a segment, first enter the

locate start point using the numeric
buttons (onboard or computer key-
board), then press ENTER.

•

Next, press LOOP, enter the ending

locate point number, then press ENTER.

SMPTE VIEW

SET TIME

MINUTES

HOURS

SECONDS

FRAMES

BARS

BEATS

LOOP

TICKS

POSITION

RANGE

MODE

FROM

TO

2

3

4

5

7

1

6

8

9

0

ENTER

STORE

LOCATOR

LOOP

SNAPSHOT

JOG & SHUTTLE

SHUTTLE

JOG

REWIND

FAST FWD

STOP

PLAY

RECORD

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